EP0273831A3 - Multipacket charge transfer image sensor and method - Google Patents

Multipacket charge transfer image sensor and method Download PDF

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EP0273831A3
EP0273831A3 EP87403001A EP87403001A EP0273831A3 EP 0273831 A3 EP0273831 A3 EP 0273831A3 EP 87403001 A EP87403001 A EP 87403001A EP 87403001 A EP87403001 A EP 87403001A EP 0273831 A3 EP0273831 A3 EP 0273831A3
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photoelements
charge
image sensor
multipacket
charge transfer
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Jae S. Kim
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Fairchild Weston Systems Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
    • H04N25/57—Control of the dynamic range
    • H04N25/58—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures
    • H04N25/581—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures acquired simultaneously
    • H04N25/583—Control of the dynamic range involving two or more exposures acquired simultaneously with different integration times
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors

Abstract

An image sensor is disclosed which is capable of handling large amounts of signal charge with small shift registers. The image sensor includes photoelements 10 in which charge is accumulated in response to sensed conditions; electrically-controllable transfer gates 20 adjacent the photoelements 10 for controllably releasing the charge from the photoelements; vertical shift registers 30, separated from the photoelements 10 by the transfer gates 20, for receiving the charge from the photoelements, and a scan generator connected to the barrier 20 for supplying a series of pulses thereto, a group of pulses being required to release all of the charge accumulated in the photoelements 10.
EP87403001A 1986-12-29 1987-12-29 Multipacket charge transfer image sensor and method Withdrawn EP0273831A3 (en)

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US06/947,131 US4752829A (en) 1986-12-29 1986-12-29 Multipacket charge transfer image sensor and method
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